Matt Skiba Responds To His Departure From Blink 182 

Do you want blink 182 to continue as a three-piece or would you want Skiba to perform live with them still?

This is the classiest band member change in history.

Matt Skiba is the real MVP for holding it down.

I feel like matt is that good step parent who does there best to be there for us. While tom is that cool parent who comes back now and then just to leave us again with empty promises.

Wouldn't expect anything less from Matt but a classy response. It's pretty sad all the Blink fans who have treated him like sh!t while he was in the band. he did a great job. Obviously he knew Tom would be back sooner or later.

I wish they would have kept him on and just made it a 4 piece. Two guitars in blink would sound rad.

Glad to see everyone's in good spirits with no hard feelings towards one another.I wish all of them the best for the future.Rock on guys.

Matt contributed to two incredible Blink albums and I’ll be forever thankful to him for that. You’ll be missed Matt!

What a classic act. These situations always have the potential to become dramatic, nice seeing people understand and have no I'll feelings.

My best friend Josh was alkaline trios tour manager for a while. He sadly passed away about 10 years ago. It was surreal seeing them at the funeral. Great dudes. RIP Josh, miss ya brother.

I think the least blink could have done was take Alkaline Trio out on a major arena tour with them. I’m curious to see what they do about the last two albums live. Will Tom sing Matt’s parts or will we ever hear those songs live again?

I feel bad for Matt because he did a beautiful job when Tom left the band. I think he deserves Blink doing a tour with his band or at least a video (Blink 182 Ft. Matt) as a thank you.

Matt Skiba really deserves a ton of credit for saving Blink-182 by keeping them relevant over the past few years. Say what you want about "NINE," but "California" was WAY better than anyone expected, just full of classic SoCal bangers, I absolutely loved it and it's one of my favorite albums to date. He was great with them live too, I saw them in Jax and I'll take Matt's performance then over whatever the hell Tom was doing with his vocals near the end of the "Neighborhoods" era. DeLonge is an OG and it's good to have him back, but I really wish they would of continued as a four-piece so it would be less awkward playing songs from the last two records (plus two guitars would be rad). I hope the "California" era isn't ever forgotten. Thank you Mr. Skiba 👏🏼🎸

Matt Skiba wow what a class act! Mad respect!

skiba had a good paycheck from blink, made a kick ass album with mark and travis. Helped kept blink relevant by recently touring under the name, and now he can go back to focus on his own band now. no one lost here❤️

I want a collab with Matt and Blink 182 one day!! That would be epic

Matt's powerful vocal in the albums wont be forgotten

Matt was the hero we needed

I just listened to California in full & damn it's a solid album. I have to check out nine now but Matt skiba did A great job

Matt has always been a beautiful person.❤️

I was very, very skeptical about a Blink album without Tom, but I truly enjoyed "California" and I'm glad Matt stepped in and saved the day. A true class act from beginning to end.

3 months later... Matt Skiba is joining Blink 182 after Tom quits again

I’m going to miss Matt.

Thanks Matt! Your time was short lived with the band, but your contributions and the music you helped put out with blink was great!

Skiba did an amazing job in Blink 182..but having Tom come back and the old lineup making new music again is just amazing!

I hope he shows up for a song along the way, or maybe a feature down the road Love that it's all love though, that's awesome

Thank you for reporting and keeping me updated on the best and newest going-ons that matter to me. 🙌🙏🙌

This all went about as good as it possibly could, super professional guys all around.

I'll never forget how nice Matt was signing autographs at the warped tour back in the day. The line was so long and he just came out before he even played to hang out with fans and a huge line just formed out of nowhere and he stayed forever saying Hi and signing concert tickets. Nice guy.

Wish he was atleast a touring member. He held it down for us fans.

The California album is the 2nd best of Blink!! Great job Matty!!!! Awesome stuff bro. My best choice is neighborhoods still ❤

It's cool to see two guys handle things nicely. I really hope it was chill and that Matt's happy to see their new successes.

I hope the new album has a couple of songs with MARK, TOM, and MATT on the vocals. It would sound amazing!

I refused to listen to the two albums without Tom because i couldnt bring myself to accept the change. But i've started listening to them and there's some really awesome songs on them. Especially No Heart To Speak Of. Matt really did some great stuff in Blink.

I'm not the biggest Blink fan but it's refreshing to see musicians acting with so much love and respect for each other during this changeover.

Funfact: Tom Delonge full name is Thomas Matthew Delonge, while Matt Skiba full name is Matthew Thomas Skiba.

Bottom line is he made two great albums with Blink, toured the world and kept Blink relevant.

Thank you Matt for keeping the band alive! His albums were great. I really wish they could keep him on and stay a 4-piece with vocal harmonies, but I'm glad it seems to be an amicable situation.

Matt Skiba - thank you for keeping blink going and the music you made with Mark & Travis!!

THANKS!

He handled that like a true star.

Josh klinghoffer said “don’t say a word. I know exactly how you feel”

I’m so excited that I got my pre sale tickets, I can’t wait to see them back together again!

Good stuff, this is heartwarming!

This is lovely ❤

I don't know... I still think it's pretty damn ignorant of Mark and Travis for remaining publicly silent in regards to Skiba's departure. As mentioned in this video, Skiba was unaware of what was going on with the band as recently as July, and by the sound of Skiba's response to Tom coming back, something tells me that they never settled/discussed this with Skiba behind closed doors, which is shady as hell in my opinion.

Rockfeed- this is great content dude. I think Rock needs this comradery right now. Who knows maybe I’ll even give the Pantera thing a break lol. Much love to all that work hard playing and making music 🎸🇺🇸

I'm sure Matt knew from day 1 that Tom would eventually come back and accepted his fate. He's in another great successful band so I'm sure he knows Blink isn't his band and is just thankful to be a part of them. I was reluctant at first but i grew to accept and respect matt more for keeping blink in the running, thank you Matt and welcome back my boi Tom! ❤

Tom coming back to Blink-182 is awesome but it killed my dream of the band being 4 members. Hopefully they'll reunite with Matt someday for more music, and if they do they better not title the song or songs as "featuring Matt Skiba" because that would destroy all the respect that Tom gave to Matt with the letter he wrote/posted...

I've just seen My Chemical Romance and the pre-sale tickets were outrageously expensive. It was great, but I hate it when the tickets are that pricey. Not fair to young kids who don't have a job.

I’m happy they are back together as the band I grow up listening to as a young kid. Got to say thanks to Matt for helping Blink continue there music an keeping them going during the time Tom was gone. Now what’s got me is I wanted to finally get to see the band in Boston next year. But it will once again be delayed due to prices of ticket that are not even floor seat they are $300 for one ticket up higher than floor . Dream was crushed when I seen this on the website. Hope one day I’ll be able to see you live-Blink Rules

Those ticket prices are crazy and I get times are tough and everything is high right now, but dang..not what I expected. It’s sad, I wanted to see them on this tour but maybe next go around I can.

They should keep Matt in the band but I’m sure they wouldn’t want to split the loot. Tom ran out of money so he’s back to refill the bank account so he can go chase aliens.

Ticket prices are crazy

Matt was the definition of a pinch hitter who stepped up under pressure and delivered big, big time. Loved him in alkaline trio, loved his time with blink, and blessings for his future projects man

It'd be cool if Matt was a guest sometime during the tour 🤘

Matt was an excellent addition to blink, his vocals seriously fit blinks sound I think.

I was a big fan of Alkaline Trio and blink back in the day! Awesome guys

Class act, Matt. You have a new fan here.

California is such a good album given the circumstances. I truly love the entire track listing. Skiba can be proud of that one.

Good for Blink and good for Matt. This had to happen eventually.

THANK YOU MATT SKIBA!

I thought it was super awesome that Mark and Travis thought of Skiba when they were looking for someone to play in Blink. (Im assuming it was Mark and Travis idea to ask Matt) lol.. I like Blink but I like Alkaline Trio more than Blink.. It's awesome that after so many years and different projects Tom is back playing with Mark and Travis!! I'm also super pumped that Matt is back full time with Alkaline Trio and I can't wait for new music from those guys!! What a unbelievable experience and opportunity for Matt to play with Blink but me personally I think Matt's style fits so much better in A.T.. Hopefully A.T. will gain a ton of new fans who may not know about them because of Matt's time Playing with Blink 182. Also it's so awesome the respect shown from both Tom and Matt.. 🤘

So glad to see both sides getting along or at least appearing to during this transition. I like both Matt & Tom and am happy to see there isn't any tension between them or Mark & Travis either. Hopefully Matt got some sort of buy out or settlement as well. He deserves it.

I hope they occasionally feature Matt on some songs just for some extra dynamics.

Straight class from Matt right there!!! I saw Blink with Matt and he was awesome!

I LOVE Matt. California is by far one of my favourite albums ever and his contribution in it is so important. I had the chance to see him with blink in concert and it was great! Matt will always be a blink member to me :)

I hope Matt makes a couple surprise appearances on tour

Matt Skiba's a damn classy man. Alkaline Trio was one of my first introductions to pop punk and punk rock, as was blink, so it's great seeing them end on such good terms.

I am going to miss Matt Skiba with all my heart is because he did a beautiful job when Tom left the band. I think he deserves a tour with blink -182 or a tour with his band Blink - 182 and feat Alkaline trio and matt skiba has shown respect class act. You will be missed Matt Skiba.

About time. So glad to have the poet of blink back

Just subscribed. The prices are definitely disheartening, but I've yet to see them with Tom. I always thought I was a Mark guy when I was actually a Tom guy. If I can just hear Tom sing dumpweed live, I'll be happy.

Thank god that didn't end in a bad note. I'm glad because I love Alkaline Trio and Blink-182. I'm sure maybe someday they'll collaborate all together.

I would love to see Matt Skiba perform with them again as a touring member or even a guest member.

Get back in the studio with Alk3 Matt, we need another album! Was awesome to have the lead from my favorite band play lead in second favorite band, Nine was an awesome album, can't wait for more from blink and alk3!

Nice to hear that there's no bad blood, really happy about this!

I wish it could be a 4 matts voice was so good

I’d like to hear some Blink tracks with Skiba and Delonge! (Hoppus and Barker included of course!)

I hope we still get songs that sound like the nine album, I don’t want that to go away.

I am an old school Blink-182 fan since dude ranch but there were some great songs on both the records skiba was a part of. I hope they still play some of those songs. I am pretty sure Matt knew that this day would happen. It would be cool to see the 4 of them to unite for a shoe at any given point in time.

Jesus this is frustrating. I cannot find these last two in this first castle. And I can't find any actual descriptive guides on how to do it.

Class act by Matt. He was a great part of Blink and I enjoyed the 2 albums he worked on. I hope he gets Alkaline Trio back on the road, because they're a great band and I'd probably be able to afford to go to that one, unlike the Blink show! I've been a fan of Blink since 1998, never seen them live. Still have my unused ticket from the 2001 UK tour that got cancelled. Since then, studies, career, family and finances have never allowed me to see them. Was so excited by the reunion and tour announcement, but i have been well and truly priced out of going. I used to go to so many concerts back in the early 2000's and saw some huge bands like Chili Pappers and Foo Fighters in their prime for £15-20 a ticket. These days even the smaller bands charge £60 a ticket, and if you want to see Blink? Be prepared to pay £150..... Kids these days will never enjoy the experience I had in my teens going to 3 or 4 shows a week and discovering new bands

What was the deal with the pre-sale tickets they alluded to at the start of the video? were they too high too low or something?

Glad to see that Matt isn't Sour about Tom Coming back and very happy for them instead of being mad about him coming back Matt seems to be a very awesome person

Skiba is a punk rock legend. All legends!

I think its time for Blink to play as a 4 Member Group! He's a good soul and an album with all those influences would be very interesting

It would be nice having Matt as a touring member TBH

Matt is the man. Cannot wait to see what he puts out on his own or with Alkaline Trio in the future. Huge respect for him during this. I wish the Chili Peppers reunion would have been similar.

thanks Matt for all you did

What a class act from Matt!

Hi what will happen to A&A.???

Man I would have loved a four man blink 182. Matt gave a very interesting and different flavor to the band.

Ticket prices are scary right now. I'd wait until next year to check back

We ❤️ our Skiba in Chicago

Thank you Matt, class act ❤

I would love to see Matt touring with the band, it would make them even stronger on stage. Many bands are doing that and it works! Biffy Clyro, Kashmir, Greenday… Tickets are pretty high tho, sold out in Denmark, Royal Arene approx 15000 tickets at 80 - 110 dollars I got mine🤟

I was so afraid that there would be drama that would impact how I see Blink-182 that I almost ignored the video, but I'm so happy it's all wholesome!

I loved Matt, I grew up on enima of the state but nine was probably my favorite album blink has done. He will be missed in blink but happy Tom found his way home

It will be nice if they bring Matt Skiba in their touring. He's the one who keeps Blink alive, and he does amazing job when Tom is leaving. He deserves huge appreciate from the fans.

Class all around. Happy to see Blink back in the lab, but even more stoked to see if we can get some fresh Alkaline Trio now that Skiba is freed up again.